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he joins us first on cnbc to tell us where this bizarre story goes next. john, thanks so much for joining us. you are in miami, aren't you? >> i was just playing around. yes, i am in miami. >> okay. now, we -- i speak with the belize police yesterday and they said this investigation is ongoing, they could charge you with this murder if they do they have an extradition treaty with the u.s. where you would have to go back to belize to answer these charges. what will you do if you are charged with this murder and the u.s. forces you to go back to belize? will you disappear? will you go to answer those charges? >> i would certainly go to answer those charges. but there will be no charges. this is like every other charge they have leveled against me since the 30th of april of this year. the first one being running a meth lab. then running an antibiotics lab without a license. which is a serious crime in the third world. and on and on and on. this is about the eleventh attempt to charge me with something. i will not be charged with this. i will certainly answer
he joins us first on cnbc to tell us where this bizarre story goes next. john, thanks so much for joining us. you are in miami, aren't you? >> i was just playing around. yes, i am in miami. >> okay. now, we -- i speak with the belize police yesterday and they said this investigation is ongoing, they could charge you with this murder if they do they have an extradition treaty with the u.s. where you would have to go back to belize to answer these charges. what will you do if you are...
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we use all natural products. we use corn oil. we infuse all of our popcorn with these amazing ingredients. people come to our mall stores. they will literally buy a bag, eat it and buy another bag. so it isn't that really heavy product. it's something that's much lighter and more indull against. >> rob, just as an aside, in a big bucket, let's say you load up the butter at a movie theater. you're talking like 1500, 2,000 calories, aren't you? >> yeah. >> you might not even make it out of the theater. your heart might explode. >> for that type of popcorn, that's the issue and that's kind of what we've -- i think that's why we've exploded because we've done this so differently. and people try our product and they're like, wow, this is really different. this is really amazing, you know? >> are your franchisees having a hard time getting credit like we hear about so much? >> you know, it's a good point. we will like -- you know, the credit markets were very liberal, as everybody knows. and they really got very unbelievably constricte
we use all natural products. we use corn oil. we infuse all of our popcorn with these amazing ingredients. people come to our mall stores. they will literally buy a bag, eat it and buy another bag. so it isn't that really heavy product. it's something that's much lighter and more indull against. >> rob, just as an aside, in a big bucket, let's say you load up the butter at a movie theater. you're talking like 1500, 2,000 calories, aren't you? >> yeah. >> you might not even...
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he used to be at another company. pantheon you just started. >> yeah. >> and just hired five americans. >> what was it high frequency? we can't even say that? >> i didn't want to -- >> doesn't even exist anymore? >> so it's not exnay on the -- >> no one's ever left here. >> they poof. when they leave cnbc, never to be seen. >> right. >> so this was your first -- you just got here? you've never had another job, pantheon started here? >> i just learned it. >> all right. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> when we come back, we'll have more on the surprising same-store sales numbers from mcdonald's. we're going to be talking to an analyst who covers the stock. also avoiding the european model and our solution to the fiscal cliff. frits van paaschen on how to strike a deal that won't lead to lackluster growth. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose a
he used to be at another company. pantheon you just started. >> yeah. >> and just hired five americans. >> what was it high frequency? we can't even say that? >> i didn't want to -- >> doesn't even exist anymore? >> so it's not exnay on the -- >> no one's ever left here. >> they poof. when they leave cnbc, never to be seen. >> right. >> so this was your first -- you just got here? you've never had another job, pantheon started here?...
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joining us now from ft. lauderdale, rich steinberg of steinberg asset management and our guest host for -- not just the hour, but for the program. what do you think down there in ft. lauderdale? first of all, do you think that the dust is going to settle at all over the next three days? >> well, if it does settle, it will be a mini deal because i think the republicans will hold the debt ceiling talks over the democrats heads going into the end of february. and, you know, it's kind of like halloween where your kids come home and they're trying to trade candy like, oh, i don't like this snickers kb whiff this. i think today they're going to start that process. they're going to have to try to come to a quick deal at least to get some solution for the amt issue, for the sequester and for unemployment. but even if we go off the cliff to markets, markets react to the unexpected, not the expected. >> knot nobody loves to market climb, but assuming you do have cash on the sidelines, people profit trying to get out o
joining us now from ft. lauderdale, rich steinberg of steinberg asset management and our guest host for -- not just the hour, but for the program. what do you think down there in ft. lauderdale? first of all, do you think that the dust is going to settle at all over the next three days? >> well, if it does settle, it will be a mini deal because i think the republicans will hold the debt ceiling talks over the democrats heads going into the end of february. and, you know, it's kind of like...
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he'll use that to wax his yacht. that's not like a lot of money for larry ellison. >> people have been saying this is a big deal, but isn't that what you want to have the chairman have the same as the shareholders? >> are they saying it's a degreedy ellison? the dividend at oracle is not why you buy the stock. >> i don't know how you win. you want the top executives to get the same. >> less than three quarter of a percent yielder. anyway, our next guest is one of the world's highest profile whistle blowers. michael woodford was president and ceo of japan's olympus corporation. his dream job turned in to a nightmare when he discovered the company had hidden more than $1 million in investment losses. he has a new book out called exposure. you had been at the company for a while but you were not the president and ceo. >> i'd been with the company for three decades. but became president on the first of april and was fired as president and ceo on the 14th of october. so 6 1/2 months. >> was it the previous ceo that orches
he'll use that to wax his yacht. that's not like a lot of money for larry ellison. >> people have been saying this is a big deal, but isn't that what you want to have the chairman have the same as the shareholders? >> are they saying it's a degreedy ellison? the dividend at oracle is not why you buy the stock. >> i don't know how you win. you want the top executives to get the same. >> less than three quarter of a percent yielder. anyway, our next guest is one of the...
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and now, the lord looked down upon us and has given us another chance. let's use it. that chance is unbelievable. exxon, the united states, everyone says by 2025, we're going to be energy self-sufficient in coal -- i mean, oil and natural gas. that will make america more competitive. it will reduce the geopolitical pressure. reduce the deficit. the experts tell me that you can -- that fracking can be just -- it's been done, by the way, i'm told, for 30 years. it can be done safely and rationally. some of the deep wells in the gulf, and it's certainly safer than sending hundreds of thousands of kids overseas to fight wars. so this could be -- it's safer than what? like that oil pipeline would have been safe in the alternative. we need to have rational policy and do what's right for america. it can be done cleanly. >> would you prefer a carbon tax? >> i would be for eventually over time have a rational increase in something like a carbon tax, yes. >> what would that look like? >> by the way, we may not need it anymore. i don't want to get into policy like that. it's far
and now, the lord looked down upon us and has given us another chance. let's use it. that chance is unbelievable. exxon, the united states, everyone says by 2025, we're going to be energy self-sufficient in coal -- i mean, oil and natural gas. that will make america more competitive. it will reduce the geopolitical pressure. reduce the deficit. the experts tell me that you can -- that fracking can be just -- it's been done, by the way, i'm told, for 30 years. it can be done safely and...
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jillian is on the set with us and you'll be here with us for the rest of the hour. we finally have movement. >> this is a cliffhanger. i think it's going to carry on for another couple days. >> that's a much better outcome. today is tuesday, isn't it? >> they don't want to spend christmas in washington, do they? >> you have thursday, friday and monday, right? >> you have a lot of aides prepared to come back after christmas to try and make sure they're not too far away from d.c. it does look encouraging. you've had movements on both sides. you've had boehner indicating that he's willing to accept and rising tax rate for the wealthiest. at the same time, you've had the president scaling back the limit to which those tax rates go up the. >> and they're not arguing about idealogical points any more. >> exactly. >> and what about the debt ceiling? do you think this gets thrown to the mix or not? >> well, i think the white house knows very strongly that as far as the markets are concerned, they want to try and get some kind of clarity for the next few months. after the la
jillian is on the set with us and you'll be here with us for the rest of the hour. we finally have movement. >> this is a cliffhanger. i think it's going to carry on for another couple days. >> that's a much better outcome. today is tuesday, isn't it? >> they don't want to spend christmas in washington, do they? >> you have thursday, friday and monday, right? >> you have a lot of aides prepared to come back after christmas to try and make sure they're not too far...
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joining us, lou brien is joining us from chicago, a strategist at drw trading. mark, believe it or not, yesterday i watched general electric lower two straight days because apparently some people are downgrading it or at least making some negative comments. and maybe already about the fiscal cliff. art, do you think that's actually happening to the economy at large because we're not in 2013 yet, but because they're already cutting back? >> well, there may be some relation that growth is going to be slower in the fourth quarter, in the first half of 2013. and just about any resolution that we get on the fiscal cliff. and, you know, i think that the -- there was a lot of optimism at the start of the week and it faded a little bit. i don't think all that much has changed. they're probably not going -- not going to get a final deal done until the early days of january. and that way, they're able to -- that way they're able to say they're voting for a tax cut instead of a tax increase and everybody is happy. >> really. so who wants to go over the cliff more, then? bo
joining us, lou brien is joining us from chicago, a strategist at drw trading. mark, believe it or not, yesterday i watched general electric lower two straight days because apparently some people are downgrading it or at least making some negative comments. and maybe already about the fiscal cliff. art, do you think that's actually happening to the economy at large because we're not in 2013 yet, but because they're already cutting back? >> well, there may be some relation that growth is...
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if he's using hashmarks, what do you use that for? >> that's how you delineate a chain of -- a discussion. so everybody can use the same hash tag and see what other people are saying. >> no kidding. that's why i always see those weird things at the end that make no sense. >> yeah. >> really? >> like hash tag, what i'm talking about. >> should i use that on all my tweets? yeah. >> i don't -- hash tag, i don't understand twitter. if somebody wanted to respond, they would also say hash tag, i don't understand twitter. >> anyone in the twitter universe -- >> you could click it and see everybody -- >> never mind. you lost me already. >> we're losing viewers by the minute. >> yeah. >>> coming up, looking for alternative investments. maybe julian robertson is why some traditional valuable wines were less than stellar bests last year. >>> plus, christmas day storms spreading snow and twisters across large parts of the country. we've got a live report from alabama where some of the tornadoes hit. but next and first, we are going to head to thi
if he's using hashmarks, what do you use that for? >> that's how you delineate a chain of -- a discussion. so everybody can use the same hash tag and see what other people are saying. >> no kidding. that's why i always see those weird things at the end that make no sense. >> yeah. >> really? >> like hash tag, what i'm talking about. >> should i use that on all my tweets? yeah. >> i don't -- hash tag, i don't understand twitter. if somebody wanted to...
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play us out who break. >> please, please? >> oh, yeah. >> sing to us. see. ♪ hey-go, mistletoe ♪ i'm going to get to know you better ♪ ♪ this christmas and as we trim the tree, how much fun it's going to be the together ♪ merry christmas, everybody. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 c250 for $349 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >>> welcome back, everybody. let's get down to the new york stock exchange. jim cramer joins us right now. what does this mean? everything that happened in washington over the last 12 hours or so, boehner coming at 10:00 a.m. how is the market going to react to all this? >> i think the market is showing that there's no deal. boehner can say whatever he wants, it doesn't really matter. but i think there could be a super bowl solution. that's what i'm looking at. people have a paycheck every two weeks, are going to kno
play us out who break. >> please, please? >> oh, yeah. >> sing to us. see. ♪ hey-go, mistletoe ♪ i'm going to get to know you better ♪ ♪ this christmas and as we trim the tree, how much fun it's going to be the together ♪ merry christmas, everybody. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease...
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leave us with something. give us hope. is there hope? you don't have to. you can depress us if you'd like. >> it's hard to have hope. but steve liesman was walking by a little while ago. he had a trip of bernanke talking about what the assets is for and what the fed funds rate is before and for the life of me it's really hard to reconcile what he said. he said these are two different objectives. one is for short-term stimulus, one is for longer-term economic management of some kind. and i, you know, that's the first time that he has talked in those terms about how they are really different objectives, like tools. i think for most people this is about you either ease financial conditions or you tighten them. so, if it's getting a little -- i think even the fed -- >> communicating at this point. >> i've been -- i've thought that for awhile, actually. >> because i think maybe just the message is getting confused in the marketplace, and maybe what's happening in front of us now was always happening behind the scenes. you know better than i do, but we just didn
leave us with something. give us hope. is there hope? you don't have to. you can depress us if you'd like. >> it's hard to have hope. but steve liesman was walking by a little while ago. he had a trip of bernanke talking about what the assets is for and what the fed funds rate is before and for the life of me it's really hard to reconcile what he said. he said these are two different objectives. one is for short-term stimulus, one is for longer-term economic management of some kind. and...